Ekimov went to third place in "Tour de France"

The fourth stage of the anniversary cycling "Tour de France" was won by the American team of US Postal, which is the two -time Olympic champion of Russian Vyacheslav Ekimov.

The 69-kilometer command stage with a separate start from Joinwil to Saint-Dizier was overcome by the winners, which include the four-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, in 1 hour 18 minutes 27 seconds. Half a minute of US Postal lost to the ONCE team, the third result in Team Bianchi - 43 seconds of lag.

This success allowed representatives of the American team to lead the upper lines in the individual standings. The yellow T-shirt of the leader from the Frenchman Jean-Patrick Nazon passed to Colombian Viktor Hugo Pen, whose result is 13 hours 44 minutes 44 seconds. Only an second is inferior to him by the American Lance Armstrong.

On the third line of the personal offset "Tour de France" is a colleague of the stump and Armstrong on command - Russian Vyacheslav Ekimov. His lag behind the stump is only five seconds.